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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-11
ONE CENT.
Shortening the Distance to Mexico.

SAN ANTONIO, TEX, January 10.-A
gentleman who has gust arrived from
Mexico says that the Mexican Inter
national railway has been graded seventy
five miles and that track-laying is pro-
ceeding at the rate OF mile day. The
grading is from Castrano south, and is
expected to be completed to the junction
with the Mexican Central at Laredo by
February /. This will shorten the dis
tance to the city of Mexico at least four
hundred miles.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-11
A Temperance Lecture.

WILMINGToN, DEL, January 10.-The
coroner's jury has found that Conductor
Hubert and Brakeman Martin, who were
killed by the collision on the Wilmington
and Northern railroad yesterday, were
stupidity drunk in the caboose at the time
OF the accident, and that the blame for
the disaster rested upon Hubert
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-11
STEEL CRUISER CHARLESTON.

. Tbecontracts were recently awarded for five
new war vessels authorized by congress. We
presnt here careful cngrayings made from
tbe official drawings The first is the Charles
ton. 10 be built by the Union iron works OF
San Francisco, within eighteen months, at a
cost Of Sl.Ol7. 500. She is to be duplicate,
IS far ms possible, Of the japanese war ship,
At present the fastest anoat. Her length IS to
be 500 feet; breadth, 46 feet; drauSht, lo3
feet. She will be built Of steel throughout,
with n convex steel deck, water tight COM
partments and every improvement that naval
science has thus far devised. Her battery
will consist Of two l0-inch 2S-ton breech load
ing rifles and six 6-inch rifles, besides ma
chine guns and torpedoes. She will possess
engines that will develop 1900 horse power,
driving twin screws, which will give her. 1t is
expected, q speed Of twenty-five miles an
hour.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-11
Not So Old After All.

II is reported that negro woman hos just
dled III st. Louis at the age of lS6 years "For
h1ty years, says the telegram, "sho has lived
In et Louis" To all practical intents and
purposes, therefore, the woman died sixty
years ago, and we SEQ little reason for making
10 great fuss over her at this remote time.
Eugene Field in Chicago News
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-11
THE NEWARK.

The bid for the Ne,yark is not yet given
out, but it is expected it soon will be. She IS
20 be SO feet long; breadth, so feet; draft,
10 feet She will carry an armament OF u
tinch breech loading rifles and the usual
secondary battery OF smaller guns. Her
machinery must be guaranteed to produce
$500 indicated horse power with speed OF
over twenty miles an hour She will be
fitted with convex steel deck like the
Charleston and every other improvement
possible
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-11
Richmond Live stock Market.

REoEIprs.-2S2 head cattle, ITO sheep, 40
hogs. .oo,
PRIcEs.-Cattle: Best, A to gross; o
few extra higher; medium TO good. 81 70 1t
gross; common 70 fair, to 81 gross sheep
5 to 81 gross; hogs, to % net; bulls, 2sos
gross.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-11
Due to a Misplaced switch.

PGTTsBURG, January 10.-A coke train
ran into shifting engine on the Fort
Wayne railroad just outside of Allegheny
city last night. A number of cars were
wrecked and Engineer Criddle and Fire
man Fletcher Ague, both of this city,
were seriously injured Criddle was hurt
internally and will probably die. The
accident was caused by a misplaced
switch
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-11
CITY Records Burned Up.

ST. LOUIS. January 1O-A special from
Marshfeld, Mo-, says: Fire which orig
mated in the coal-oil room of j. l.. Lai-
dains grocery store yesterday morning
DESTROYED the building and one adjoining
occupied by the Barnes & Evans Hard
ware Company. The second floor of the
Laidain building was used as the may
or's office. and the city records and docu-
ments were lost.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-11
An Unfailing Sign.

From the largo invoices Of playing cards
and poker chips that are daily shipped from
st. Paul westward, it is inferred that the cat
tie season in Montana has come to an end
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-11
He Was an Expert.

"Hey, Jimmyl where did yer cit der medal
for parlor skatin'p'
"No, didn't. It's champion medal l
can spit furder dan any man in do wardP--
The Judge
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-11
THE BALTIMORE.

The Baltimore is to be built by Cramp &
Sons for 81, ,325 900 within eighteen months
Her plans, as well as those OF her sister ships,
we're purchased in England She is expected
10 be the largest and fastest cruiser in the
world She is modelled, it is said, after
Spanish cruiser-the Reina Regente-now
building on the Clyde Her engines will de-
,olop 5000 horse power, and her speed will
be about twenty-five miles an hour.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-11
BY TELEGRAPH.
HAPPENINGS AT HOME AND ABROAD
AS SENT OVER THE WIRES.

An Appeal From Governor Ireland-Mur-
derer Weston-The Distance to Mexico
City Records Burned Up-A Temperance
Lecture-Latest Foreign News-&c.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-11
Cause For Thanksgiving.

Smith, nstice that an English physician
saysscoffee drinkers are sure to DO old before
their time.
Jones-How thankful wo ought to bs thai
We board. -Pittshug ChroniclA
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-11
The Church Fair.

The youth now hieth to the fair
To mash the table tenders,
And pay four dollars for pair
OF Ilfty-cent suspsnders.
Boston Courier.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-11
Freedom of the Press.

She Ito her partner, after a lively ladies'
chain)-Wuz dat you, Misto Tolliyer, what
squeeze my ham in ladies to dc rlghtf
Partner-l dunno; did you squeeze bacIi
She-The ideahi Why NV coSe not.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-11
FROM WASHINGTON.
Interesting Incidents and Gossip.
XLIXth CONGRESS.
Senate.


WASHINGTON, January 10.-Mr. Hoar,
from the select Committee on Centennial
Celebrations, reported resolutions declar-
ing it expedient that action be taken by
Congress for the due celebration in Wash
ingtOn, about April 30, 1889, OF the CEN
tennial of the adoption OF the Constitu.
ton, and directing the committee to con-
slider and propose the best mode OF cele-
bration. Adopted.
On motion Of Mr.. Dawes, the House
amendments to the Senate bill to provide
lands for the Indians In severalty were
concurred in, and a conference was asked.
The Senate at 1850 took up the inter-
State commerce bill, and Mr.. Beck took
the floor with speech in favor of the
conference report.
House.
Mr.. Dibbe, of South Carolina, present,
ed the oath Of office taken and subscribed
to by Mr.. d. Wyatt Aiken as a represen-
tative in Congress from the third con-
gressional district of South Carolina, and
offered a resolution reciting that Mr..
Aiken, by reason of sickness, has been
unable to appear personally in the House
and take the oath of Office, and declaring
that the oath now presented be received
by the House as the oath of office OF Mr.
Aiken. THE oath is identical in form
and words with that administered by the
Speaker.
Mr.. Dibble stated that though Mr.. Aiken
had not been able to appear personally
in the House ne had attended to all his
duties by means of correspondence.
On the suggestion of Mr. Burrows, of
Michigan, who thought the resolution
would form too important precedent to
be adopted without investigation, the
matter was referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary.
Under the call of States number Of
bills and resolutions were introduced and
referred, among them the following:
By Mr.. Wheeler, Of Alabama: Resolu'
ton providing that the Committee on
Elections of the Fiftieth Congress shall
be appointed by the two senior members
of the majority and the senior member
Of the minority party; also bill making
an appropriation for the investigation OF
the peculiarities Of the formation and
structure Of the earths crust.
By Mr.. Oates, of Alabama; A bill max
ing ten years residence of aliens prere-
uuisite to naturalization.
By Mr. Davidson, of Florida: A bill to
establish a national quarantine station
near Key West, Fla.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-11
Chicago Grain and Produce Market.
CHICAGO. January 10, 1887.

Reported by C. L. Redford & Co., Grain
Commission Merchants, No. South Twelfth
street.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-06-09

FEW persons have an idea of what a
vast machine the Post-otfice Depart
ment is The committee examining
into the workings of the departments.
of which Senator COckrcll is chairman,
has just received reply to its inquiry
as to the number of the department
employees. According to the statement
Postmaster General Villas is at the head
of force which numbers between
9j, 900 and 90, 600 men. Even this tre-
mendous aggregate does not give the
full number of postal employees. Quite
a proportion of the third and fourth
class postmasters have assistants who
are paid ont of their fees and who,
therefore, are not borne on the rolls of
the department. If these be included
it is probable that 100000 will be the
figure most nearly representing the ag-
gregate of Post-oiiice Department em-
plOyes.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-06-09
RUSSIAN GIRL STUDENTS.
The Desperate Effort Made by Them .
secure a 1.-the Education.

The Desperate Effort Made by Them TO
secure a LItfie Education
The attempt on the Gar brings the
Nihili-ts again to the fore, and will
have the effect of exposing the Russian
lady students here to much nagging
police espionage. One rarely sees
them unless in the Quarter Latin, al
though came across nest OF them
short time ago in hotel in the Cours
de la Refine. Quakers could not have
been more plainly dressed, and most
Of them had their hair cropped. They
were good musicians, and one and all
hardened smokers. Russian girls take
to the fragrant weed like Kalmucks.
am not sure that their air Of quiet,
settled sadness is due to inn
pecuniousness. A studentess told
me that the only CHEEKY ones among
them are Jewesses, and that they are
not very wealthy; but they meet with
moral, and, indeed, often material,
support from persons of their race set
tied in Paris. l also learned from her
that not few of her companions are
girls of influential families, and that
thev have broken away from home and
come here under assumed names to
study. The difficulties with which
some of them had to contend in max
ing their way here would strike YOU
we're 10 relate them, as belonging to
the domain of romance. What do you
think of the daughter of the Governor
of province who was sent south by
her family to be out of the way of rest
less spirits with whom she came into
sympathetic contact in Moscow, work.
inc her way as a cabin boy to Varna?
She there entered a hotel as ''boOts,
STAYED some time, and, when she had
money enough to buy a suit of clothes
| suitable to her sex, took service as
nursery maid in family about to start
for England. When there, she
was engaged as a nursery gov
erness in a noble family, and was taken
to the country-seat of some cousins
of her own, high in the English peer
age. But they had no idea who she
was. As soon as she had saved
small sum she came to Paris, and be-
fore she could find a lodging, she used
to pass her nights in casual asylum
Being person of tirst-rate education,
she now prepares girls wanting to be
admitted to the new high schools. The
place where she resides is a big loft
over a eart-maker's shed, which has
been fitted up as dormitory and liv-
ng-room for about twenty studenteSses.
Another loft serves as q refectory,
where meals are cooked at large
stove. Each studentess takes turn at
cooking. The tables on which dinner
is served are made of boards placed on
trestles. When the plates and dishes
are removed in the evening, all sit
down to study. The brain of the Rus
sian girl is receptive one, and retains
what it takes in. l don't think that
the studentesses Idescribe are engaged
in dynamite conspiracies; but they
wish we'll to those who are.-PdrtS Cor
, London Truth
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-06-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
Personal AND POLITICAL.

AMI
JOHN W. DAVIS, of Pawtucket, was in
augurated as Governor of Rhode Island on
the 3lst. The counting Of the ballots by q
committee for presentation 10 the JOINT leg
Islative council occupied the entire day.
No election was declared as to Lieutenant
Governor
AT the convention of the Episcopal dio-
cese of Easton, held at Chestertown, Md,
on the lst, Rev. H. $. Lindsay, of st.
Johns Church, Georgetown, ID. c., was
elected Bishop to succeed the late Bishop
Lay.
THOMAS SPENCER BAYNE, the noted Brit
ish professor OF logic and one of the ed
itors of the Encyclopedia Brittanica, died
recently.
PROF. s. +. BAIRD, secretary Of the
Smithsonian Institution, was reported ly-
ing very i'll at his residence in Washing
ton. He returned recently very sick man
from trip to Northern New York for the
benefit Of his failing health. He was suf-
fering from heart and kidney troubles.
VICE COMMODORE BAILEY, of the Royal
Yacht Club of England, has been declared
bankrupt with 461, 900 liabilities
HoN. JoHS SHERMAN addressed a large
audience at Springfield, ILL.,, on the 1st on
the political questions of the day.
Born houses of the Legislature Of New
Hampshire met in joint convention on the
1st and filed vacancies in the senatorial
districts. The ballot for Governor resulted
Thomas Cogswell, of Gllmanton Demo
craft, 146; Charles H. Sawyer (Repub-
lican), l7S. Mr.. Sawyer was declared
elected
GENERAL X. c. NEWTON, leading law
yer, and since the war one of the most
prominent Democratic politicians in Arkan
sas, died at Little Rock ON the I'd. He
commanded the Arkansas forces during
the Brooks Baxter war of 1874 and was the
chief spirit of the element that triumphed.
THE Parnellite members of the Dublin
corporation have selected Mr.. Sexton as
their candidate for Lord Mayor.
JAY GOULD was reported suffering from a
severe cold. An unfOunded rumor started
on Wall street that he was dead.
A SPECIAL from Malone, N. Y, of the I'd
says; "Ex-Vice President William A.
Wheeler IS dying. He is unconscious and
while he may live several days, his death
at any moment would not be unexpected y
PROF WILLIAM II. WooLEY, of Bethany
College, has been elected president of Hi
ram College, at Hiram, o.
PROF. SUMNER, of Yale College, has been
appointed a member of the Board of Visit
ors to the Naval Academy, completing the
membership of the board.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-06-09
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

AT Oberlin. O., on the 9th, during a
thunder storm which swept over the north
ern part of the State, much damage was
done by a cloud burst or water-spout.
Two MEN named Russell and Hartsille
One shot and fatally wounded the other.
Both were drunk.
o. P. MCMAINs, the anti-grant agitator, is
traversing the northern portion Of the coun
try urging the settlers on the Maxwell land
grant to arm themselves and resist all at
tempts Of the grant company to enforce
their claims to the land. McMains has
many followers who are ready to do his
bidding, and the company will meet a
strong resistance when they commence
their ejectment suits.
A TEXAS and Pacific express train was
robbed by four masked men, near FoIt
Worth, Texas, on the 4th. Three regis
tered letters were taken from the mail
car and $1360 from the express car. The
passengers were unmolested.
ONE death and two new cases of yellow
fever were reported at Key West, Fla, on
the 9Th. The board of health has declared
the fever epidemic.
REV. DR.. REID, who left Manson, Iowa,
to become a missionary in Central Africa,
has been killed and eaten by tribe Of
cannibas.
Ex-VICE- PRESIDENT WHEELER died at
Malone, N. Y, on the 4th.
SEVEN men were instantly killed and six
badly injured by premature explosion Of
dynamite at Birmingham, Pa, on the 4th
THE open war made on gambling in HI t
Springs has had the effect to drive many
of the sporting element of that place to
Little Rock.
A NATIONAL convention of the Knights
of Labor Machinery Constructors were
held In Pittsburg on the 7th. The conven-
ton was called for the purpose Of complet-
ing the organization of National Trade
Assembly of Machinery Constructors.
A STATEMENT prepared at the Treasury
Department shows that there was a net
decrease of $4,471 800 in the circulation
during the month of May, and a MT in
crease of $10,93O, ,7s9 in the cash in the
Treasury during the same period.
AN extra session of Congress in the fall
is regarded as almost a certainty now, and
leading Democrats are discussing the
prospect for tine passage of a tariff reform
measure this winter.
JonN J. GOODMAN, aged 16 years, was ar
rested in New York on the I'd, charged
with stealing 5000 fsom the Butterick Pub
fishing Company, by whom he was en-
ployed. Goodman carried the mails of the
company to the postof3ce each day, and it
was his custom to steal any letters con-
tanning checks or money. he Mt the
money In gambling.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-06-09
The Bones of Marshal NeY.

Sensational al reports have been sent
from Salisbury, N, c., that the remains
of IT, famous Marshal Ney. who COM
manied the Old Guard at Waterloo, lie
buried in the soil of that State. 1t is
said that man named Peter S. Ney
came to North Carolina in 1916 and
died there Many of his old friends
insist that this man was Marshal Ney.
1t was said that Ney's skull had been
trephlned. and an examination Of the
remains would prove conclusively that
the remains were his. The remains
were disinterred and found to have
crumbled into dust. and it was impos-
sible to ascertain whether or not the
skull had been trephined. Chicagf
NetOS.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-06-09
USELESS PERSONS.
The Inertia of Notion Dangerous to Sue
cess as the Inertia of Rest.

The Inertia OF VI OLtOn as DANGEROUS " SuO-
cess as the Inertia of Rest.
An inert person is likely to be USE
less person. Motion is not necessarily
progress; action is not necessarily ac-
complishment. One may be as truly
inert in action as in inaction. Among
philosophers, inertia is that tendency
of matter to remain in the state in
which it has been put. Once at rest,
it continues at rest; once in motion, 1T
continues with the same motion-undl
acted upon by some external force.
Most persons are troubled with IN
ertia. If they are at rest, they need
some one to rouse them into action. Ii
they are in motion they need some one
to vary the speed, or change the direc-
ton of, or stop, that motion. He who
waits for an external force to cure his
own inertia, will not be very likely to
be much of force in helping to
cure the worlds inertia. By Stacking
your own speed, you may draw some
one else into action. By increasing
your speed you may push some one
else into action. There is no virtue in
motion unless you move something;
no virtue in action. unless you act
upon something. If you would be OF
use in the world, avoid the inertia OF
motion as we'll as the inertia OF rest
SIS Times
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-06-09

PRoF. ADAMS. of Cornell, finds that
in fifteen of the principal cities the
population during The decade ended in
1880 increased 7o.5 per cent. taxable
valuation 1860 per cent. and the debt
27O.9 per cent. There has been indeed
a marked growth in municipal indebt-
edncss, while the Nation has been pay
inc off at the rate of Il million and a
half per week. If straws count for
any thing. the finances of the cities
ought to show marked Improvement
at the end of the next decade.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-06-09

1T is reported that Il circular has
been sent to the leading trade organiza-
tons in Europe and Canada by the
secretary of the international Fedora
tion of Trade and Labor Unions, urg-
ing the use of their influence to pre-
vent the indiscriminate migration of
skilled and unskilled labor to this coun-
try. Several of the more powerful
unions that have international relations
are doing the same thing. Other
earnest endcavors will be made to limit
the pressure of emigrant competition.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-06-09

IT is stated in Washington that the
dispatch from Madrid relative to the
claims which the United States is press
ing upon the Spanish Government, re-
fers to no new claims but to those
which have been an issue between the
two Governments for many years.
They are for the most part claims
growing out of the confiseation of SUI
gar estates which belonged to Ameri-
cans in the island of Cuba. John W..
Foster, when Minister to Spain, had
charge of these same eases which are
now being pressed. Some of these
claims are for a very large amount.
The attorney who represents the
largest claims has made two trips from
Washington to Spain this year relative
to the matter, and is stilFin Europe.
The Cuban Government has repeat
edly declined to pay them. The claims
are the lsset as to the embargoed es-
tates. the rest either having been paid
or abandoned.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-06-09

SURGEON-GENERAL HAMILTON, of
the Marine Hospital Service, says that
they look upon the yellow fever in
Key West as quite serious matter.
They have furnished beds, bedding
and some other accommodations to
the local authorities, and they can not
do any thing else officially until the
State authorities apply for assistance.
He says the indications are that the
disease was brought to Key West in
bedding which was bought in Havana
by the family among whom the fever
first appeared.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-06-09
SERIOUS EARTHQUAKE.
Nevada and California Experience n
Alarming Shake-up.


SAN FRANCISCO, June An earthquake
swept over the greater portion of Northern
California and Western Nevada between
two and three o'clock yesterday morning.
Reports from different points seem to place
the center of the wave at the same place-On
the boundary line between the two States
One house near Genoa, New, after the earth
quake, was surrounded by cracks III the
ground from one inch to foot in width
Another shock equally as heavy would de-
strOy every BRICK house in the town. At
Sacramento it shook houses, making them
rumble as if the windows were beng
Jared by gusts of wind. The shock was
also felt IN the Yosemite valley. At Car
son City, New, pictures and plaster
fell from walls. A large amount of plaster
fell from the Supreme Court room into the
capitol building. Hot springs are reported
dried up. Virginia City, Truckee, Marys-
vile, Chico and Nevada City are few of
the many other points affected by the
shock.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-06-09
An Illegal Strike.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, June 4-The members
Of the Knights of Labor executive board,
who have been investigating the strike in
the coke regions, have forwarded their re-
port to the general board. They find that
the strike is illegal, and recommend the
members of the Knights of Labor
to return to work, and also sustain the
umpire's award. They make no peremptory
order to return to work. but say the
Knights of Labor must abide by the de-
cislon and wait until some future confer
ence to secure the advance in wages to
which they are justly entitled. Il is be-
heved the Knights of Labor will go to work
again,
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-06-09

ITALY, Il writer in the FortnighHy
RerieW thinks, is making more rapid
progress than any other of the great
powers of Europe with the exception
Of Russia. \ vast advance has been
made of late in education, in manufac-
lures, and by the suppression of brig
andagc, and while great deal re-
mains to hc done, more has been done
in Italy in the last sixteen years taan
is generally acknowledged or believed.